Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues . |
| 2 | Furthermore , in the case of the Netherlands , von Beyme ( 1980 ) sees the tendency towards decentralisation in the early 1970s as a reaction to the failure of attempts to promote a central incomes policy — which had been pursued more strongly than in other countries . |
| 3 | The reason for building a high mutation rate into the model is that the whole performance on the computer screen is for the benefit of human eyes , and humans have n't the patience to wait a million generations for a mutation ! |
| 4 | ‘ He 's not the first striker to go a few games without scoring , ’ Alex Smith , the Aberdeen manager , said . |
| 5 | This alliance of opposition frustrated all attempts to establish a professional police until Peel 's 1829 Metropolitan Police Act . |
| 6 | Well , I can report on that front that we have been offered the opportunity to secure a few locomotives ( one has already been given to us ) , and a number of pieces of rolling stock . |
| 7 | Merson is controlling his diet and craving for fast-food in a bid to lose a few pounds excess weight , but spoke out yesterday to nail the lies that he has had a bust-up with George Graham over the battle of the bulge . |
| 8 | The authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales have formed a task force to combat a disastrous algae outbreak on the Darling river system , which is killing large numbers of fish and livestock and disrupting drinking water supplies . |
| 9 | There is also the intention to establish a major schools music competition , which will culminate in a special BT Scottish Ensemble concert . |
| 10 | Keep the rudder where it is and allow the speed to increase a few knots so that both you and the student can observe the exact position of the rudder pedals . |
| 11 | Cough worse ( < ) lying down which causes the most violent cough to appear a few moments later . |
| 12 | SIEMENS NIXDORF TO ESTABLISH A RUSSIA-WIDE POLICE NETWORK |
| 13 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 14 | The 24-year-old Great Britain tourist , who was sidelined earlier this season for nine weeks with a troublesome hamstring injury , grabbed 12 points with a try and three goals to halt a gallant Rovers performance . |
| 15 | They used minute-to-minute data to fit a simultaneous equations model of the determination of spot and futures prices for the MMI . |
| 16 | ‘ We expected Uri to bend a few spoons but we did n't expect the viewers to bend the truth , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Your only problem is choosing , and before you choose read these words to understand a few basics about the quality of Italian accommodation . |
| 18 | These poltroons seems to think that it 's a big deal to hoist a few pints of Smithwicks after an afternoon spent with their heads stuck up some geezer 's back passes . |
| 19 | Until the eighteenth century settlement within the neighbouring parish of West Bromwich took the form of small groups of cottages clustered together in ‘ ends ’ around the heaths , where squatters had opportunities to graze a few animals and to build a little workshop . |
| 20 | On a warm day , the instructions said , it would be sufficient for the horseman to place a few drops on his perspiring forehead to call his horses from a fair distance without saying a word , or making any sound . |
| 21 | It 's just a desperate attempt to get a few votes ’ . |
| 22 | The following summary of ideas on stress placement in nouns , verbs and adjectives is an attempt to present a few rules in the simplest possible form . |
| 23 | He wants to be left alone to get on with the job , including completing Knowsley 's ‘ positive futures ’ programme to develop a direct services system for supporting those in need living in the community . |
| 24 | A Salvation Army officer friend had arranged for Ann to spend a few days away from home to help her resolve her feelings about the crisis before starting to tackle the difficulties in her marriage . |
| 25 | National was set up in 1989 specifically to sell the capacity , and the change leaves National 's attempt to become a public telecommunications operator in doubt . |
| 26 | Lefevre allowed the carriage to travel a hundred yards before giving orders to follow at a safe distance . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , and I hear there are plans to open a licensed supporters ’ club just outside the ground . |
| 28 | He has been the national drivers ' champion , the first national driver to exceed a hundred miles an hour with a five hundred C C hydroplane on Lake Windermere , won the B class championships seven times , the C class champion six times , the D class three times and the F class once . |
| 29 | To conclude therefore the borough council strongly urges the panel to recommend the county council to include a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 30 | Three leading opposition figures were prevented from leaving Kenya in the first week of July to attend a human rights conference in London . |